Page 33 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale

would abandon him. Basile knew many parvenus
who had become noble through buying a title,
and could afford to enjoy the company of a fine
scholar and writer such as he. He might also have
gone through their uncouthness and ingratitude,
and he might have represented himself as the
generous, polite and smart cat. I converse with a
king and I change a poor devil into a lord, just
through kindness, talent, eloquence, fantasy. Isn’t
just that what every artist wishes were the case?
The art and talent of a she-cat makes this wish
come true. Isn’t this just the reason why
everybody all over the world loves me, the cat?
If Basile was angry and sad because some
parvenu rednecks scorned him, he could tell
about this. There is nothing you cannot use for
storytelling!

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